Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Antigenicity across Assays and in Human and Animal Model Sera

  • Barbara Mühlemann
  • , Samuel H. Wilks
  • , Lauren Baracco
  • , Meriem Bekliz
  • , Juan Manuel Carreño
  • , Victor M. Corman
  • , Meredith E. Davis-Gardner
  • , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai
  • , Michael S. Diamond
  • , Daniel C. Douek
  • , Christian Drosten
  • , Isabella Eckerle
  • , Venkata Viswanadh Edara
  • , Madison Ellis
  • , Ron A M Fouchier
  • , Matthew Frieman
  • , Sucheta Godbole
  • , Bart Haagmans
  • , Peter J. Halfmann
  • , Amy R. Henry
  • Terry Jones, Leah C. Katzelnick, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Janine Kimpel, Florian Krammer, Lilin Lai, Chang Liu, Sabrina Lusvarghi, Benjamin Meyer, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, David C. Montefiori, Anna Mykytyn, Antonia Netzl, Simon Pollett, Annika Rössler, Gavin R Screaton, Xiaoying Shen, Alex Sigal, Viviana Simon, Rahul Subramanian, Piyada Supasa, Mehul Suthar, Sina Türeli, Wei Wang, Carol D Weiss, Derek J Smith

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Abstract

The antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 requires ongoing monitoring to judge the immune escape of newly arising variants. A surveillance system necessitates an understanding of differences in neutralization titers measured in different assays and using human and animal sera. We compared 18 datasets generated using human, hamster, and mouse sera, and six different neutralization assays. Titer magnitude was lowest in human, intermediate in hamster, and highest in mouse sera. Fold change, immunodominance patterns and antigenic maps were similar among sera. Most assays yielded similar results, except for differences in fold change in cytopathic effect assays. Not enough data was available for conclusively judging mouse sera, but hamster sera were a consistent surrogate for human first-infection sera.

Original languageEnglish
JournalbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
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Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2023

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